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Gangkar is a free app that fills the same role for Tibetan that Duolingo does for other languages. It teaches the alphabet, reading, vocabulary with native audio, and grammar, as a guided course.

All 30 letters of the Tibetan alphabet with stroke-order tracing, the vowels and consonant stacks, the reading rules of spoken Lhasa Tibetan, everyday vocabulary with real native-speaker audio, and classical grammar. Sentence building is on the way. See everything you'll learn.

Yes, Gangkar is completely free. Every lesson is free to use, with no account required to start.

Real recordings. Letters, words, and phrases are spoken by human voices, not text-to-speech. You can even contribute a missing word and record its pronunciation yourself.

Spoken Lhasa Tibetan, with audio recorded by native speakers. The classical grammar and script sections also cover the written and liturgical forms.

That's exactly who it's built for. You start with a gentle, sound-led walk through the letters, and everything else unlocks in order as you're ready.

Complete each chapter's quiz to unlock the next one. Chapters build on each other in order.

Progress is stored on your device, and syncs to your account when you sign in. You can reset it from the Social tab, or by clearing the app's data.

In the Social tab, open Connect and tap Feedback, choose "Word error," and describe what needs fixing. You can also email us directly.

We're looking for native speakers, language reviewers, and content contributors. See the ways to contribute, on the right.